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News Breaks April 9, 2012 15:00 EDT CMCSA, TWC Cable programming costs to continue to increase, LA Times says Distributors such as Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable's (TWC) programming costs were up 8.2% in 2011 and will likely rise significantly in the next two years, says the LA Times. Reference Link News For CMCSA;TWC From The Last 14 Days Check below for free stories on CMCSA;TWC the last two weeks. Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing. May 24, 2013 13:19 EDT CMCSA KKR, Silver Lake to join bidding for Hulu video service, Bloomberg reports 07:11 EDT TWC Hulu attracts several bidders, Reuters reports Subscribe for More Information 06:10 EDT TWC On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up Subscribe for More Information May 22, 2013 19:07 EDT TWC Cable companies not thrilled with channel rebrandings, Bloomberg says Cable companies, including DirecTV (DTV) and Time Warner Cable (TWC), are not thrilled with the rebranding of low-rated channels, complaining they have no control over the changes and are wary networks will demand more money for unproven shows, reports Bloomberg. Reference Link 07:29 EDT TWC, CMCSA Xbox won't hurt pay TV companies in near-term, AllThingsD says Subscribe for More Information 07:24 EDT CMCSA NetEvents International to host a summit Subscribe for More Information May 21, 2013 06:52 EDT TWC, CMCSA Video on demand from cable companies becoming more popular, NY Times says Subscribe for More Information May 20, 2013 13:45 EDT CMCSA Comcast's NBC names new news president Subscribe for More Information May 17, 2013 15:51 EDT CMCSA DirecTV weighing bid for Hulu, WSJ reports DirecTV (DTV) is considering making a bid for Hulu, the video website jointly owned by News Corp. (NWSA), Comcast (CMCSA), and Disney (DIS), reports The Wall Street Journal citing a person familiar with the matter. Reference Link 15:26 EDT CMCSA DirecTV considering acquisition of Hulu, Dow Jones reports Subscribe for More Information May 16, 2013 09:24 EDT CMCSA Amazon.com expands content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Subscribe for More Information 06:33 EDT TWC Time Warner Cable talking about joint bid for Hulu, NY Post reports Subscribe for More Information 05:51 EDT CMCSA NBCUniversal says winter Olympic Games ad sales strong, WSJ reports Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal unit is projecting advertising sales over $800M for the Olympic Games next year in Russia, which would be a record for the Winter Games, despite the decision by Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) and Hilton Worldwide not to advertise on the event in Sochi, reports the Wall Street Journal. The company said it has sold 75%-80% of its TV inventory.Reference Link May 15, 2013 19:59 EDT TWC, CMCSA Pay-TV operators eye Hulu, WSJ reports At least two pay-TV operators, including Time Warner Cable (TWC), are looking at an investment in Hulu, jointly controlled by Comcast (CMCSA), Disney (DIS), and News Corp. (NWSA), reports the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Reference Link 11:48 EDT CMCSA Appaloosa reports new stakes in Comcast, Ashland, sells Oracle David Tepper's Appaloosa in its quarterly filing report new positions in Comcast (CMCSA), Prudential (PRU), Hess Corp. (HES), Check Point (CHKP), KBR (KBR) and Ashland (ASH). The fund sold its stakes in Oracle (ORCL) and Noble Corp. (NE). Appaloosa's top position is in Citigroup (C), with a stake worth over $376.9M. 11:24 EDT CMCSA David Tepper's Appaloosa reports new stake in Comcast 10:49 EDT CMCSA Senator questions TV broadcasters' free spectrum rights, The Hill says Democratic Senator Mark Warner questioned whether broadcast stations that pull their programming off the air should be able to keep using spectrum for free, The Hill reported yesterday. A number of TV networks have threatened to broadcast only on cable and satellite in response to the launch of Aereo. The latter service uses stations' over the air signals to send programming to consumers' Internet devices. Reference Link May 14, 2013 08:06 EDT CMCSA Cinedigm enters multi-year agreement with Universal Studios Home Entertainment Subscribe for More Information May 13, 2013 10:31 EDT TWC Time Warner Cable management to meet with Needham Subscribe for More Information May 10, 2013 11:21 EDT CMCSA NBC News settles on new president, NY Times reports NBC News is close to naming Deborah Turness, the head Britain's ITV News, to succeed Steven Capus, who stepped down in February, as its president, reports the New York Times, citing people with knowledge of the appointment. Reference Link Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing.